Are you a photographer wondering about copyrights and image rights? This training should be able to provide you with the answers that you are looking for!

Phase(s)

Pre-Production

Subject

Legal and administrative matters

Target groups

Artists, Creative and Cultural Professions

Sectors

photography

Level of experience

for all levels, Beginners, Intermediary, Experienced

Prerequisites

None

Description

Are your pictures protected by copyright? Do you have to pay taxes and social contributions on these copyrights? Would it be interesting to join a collective collecting society? What is Creative Commons? What about the image right of persons of whom you're taking pictures?

Content

The conditions of copyright protection

What are the copyrights of photographers?

Collective collecting societies

Taxation of copyrights and social contributions

Image rights

Method

Active methodology, putting the accent on the participants' inputs and giving them the possibility to exchange among peers. Presentation by the trainer as an expert of that field.

Objectives

To know the copyrights and image rights of the specific sector

To be able to estimate the rights of third parties and to be able to valorize one's own rights

Results

the trainee is able to understand copyrights and to estimate and set the rights related to his work

Resources

Training script

Basic equipment (computer, video projector, flipchart, wifi)

Evaluations

Questionnaire to be filled out by the participants (paper and online versions exist)

Support material

Powerpoint distributed to the participants, Documents distributed to the participants

Related: Contact

Related: Organisations

SMart is a non-profit organisation created in Belgium in 1998 which is developing itself in 8 European countries. SMart aims to simplify and support the professional paths of creative and cultural workers. Their principal goal is to help the self-employed to develop their own activities through a secure system.